By Chloe Newsome It’s a hot summer day. All the kids are outside splashing around in the pool. They are all just having fun, not taking it as a competition. This is not the case for Brady Samuels. Samuels and Sam Bennett were both part of the Eagles swim and dive teams for four years….
By Caleb Elliott The evening ride home feels like an eternity. Lights fill up the darkness of the road and lead the way home. “9:00 p.m.” flashes on the car’s dashboard. This may seem as a familiarity to some students, but for senior Owen Vest this is a common occurrence. Vest is like most student…
By Fancy Robbins After almost two long, boring hours in the car, the girl finally arrives at practice ready to train. What’s different for her than other athletes is that she has to go out of state weekly to even train for her sport. Mahala Ervin, a sophomore, both boxes and does MMA in St….
By Fancy Robbins After our very own Delta cheerleaders won the State Championship in November 2021, they are finally back on the mat for the new season. Mrs. Lynde Bratton has been the varsity cheerleading head coach for five years. Throughout her seasons of coaching, 2021 was the first year she won state with the…
By: Chloe Newsome Practicing in the hot sun. Preparing to take on a new season. But one injury can change everything for this football team. Sophomore Nolan Carpenter injured his right hamstring over the summer of 2022. Carpenter was at practice when he suddenly realized he had been injured. “I actually got injured by simply…
By Caleb Elliott Family, friends and classmates are what you would probably consider a fan of high school athletics. More likely than not they go to a sporting event to cheer on a specific player rather than the team as a whole. But, for high school athletic directors, they are the team’s biggest fans. In…
By Gaige Winchester On a Friday afternoon, the final bell rings releasing the students from Delta High School. Most of the students are focused on their weekend plans or the upcoming football game, but one boy was focused on one goal. The year is 1993, and the boy is Bob Darby. He’s the star player…
By Emme Townsend The scoreboard lights are shining in the third set. The blue and white ball comes soaring over the net. The receiver passes to the setter. As she sets the ball for her teammate to hit, the crowd starts to roar. The ball smacks the ground on the opposite side of the net,…
By Brylee Beckley A new school year brings a new sporting season for the Delta Eagles. Now it’s finally time for the Eagles to prove that their hard work from the offseason has paid off. Second-year volleyball coach Kylie Johnson’s coaching position will be hugely different this season. Johnson went on maternity leave last week…
By Emme Townsend Another new school year means another season of fall sports with new opponents, new players, and new goals. Girls Soccer Last season, Delta girls’ soccer had Addie Chester. She is Indiana’s standing record holder for 59 goals in a season and holds the career record for goals scored in Indiana high school…
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